"A comprehensive account of the legendary 1978 heist . . .
impressive."
--Publishers Weekly
The crime that inspired the movie Goodfellas.
The rest of story that couldn't be told--until now.
One of the biggest scores in Mafia history, the Lufthansa Airlines heist
of 1978 has become the stuff of Mafia legend--and a decades-long
investigation that continues to this day. Pulitzer Prize-winning
reporter Anthony DeStefano sheds new light on this legendary unsolved
case using recent evidence from the 2015 trial of eighty-year-old
mafioso Vincent Asaro, who for the first time speaks out on his role in
the fateful Lufthansa heist. This blistering you-are-there account takes
you behind the headlines and inside the ranks of America's infamous
Mafia families--with never-before-told stories, late-breaking news, and
bombshell revelations:
Praise for ANTHONY M. DESTEFANO and His Acclaimed Books
"Thrilling American crime writing."
--Jimmy Breslin, author of The Good Rat and winner of the Pulitzer
Prize
"DeStefano is a master at cutting through the secrecy of the Mafia
hierarchy."
--Publishers Weekly
"The best and last word on the subject . . . DeStefano brings the
story to life."
--Jerry Capeci, creator of GangLandNews.com